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Books For Youth
The Indianapolis Colts are committed to providing backpacks filled with age-appropriate books to foster child and underserved youth in the State of Indiana.
In 2006, the Indianapolis Colts partnered with child serving agencies to create the "Books for Youth" program, presented by Cargo Services, Inc. Through this program, the Colts and child serving agencies throughout the state work to provide every foster child in Indiana with their own personal library of books to call their own.
On any given day throughout the State of Indiana there are over 3,700 children in foster care and too often they leave their belongings behind when they move. The Colts and Cargo Services wanted to change that by helping place age appropriate books in a backpack for foster youth and young adults.
Today, the Indianapolis Colts partner with Choices Coordinated Care Solutions to serve foster and underserved youth through the Books for Youth program.
To date, we have placed over 9,500 backpacks in the hands of foster youth through the Books for Youth program. Below are some ways you can help us continue our mission of providing all youth in Indiana with a backpack filled with books to read and call their own.
2024 Books for Youth presented by Cargo Services, Inc.
The Indianapolis Colts are committed to provide backpacks filled with age appropriate books to foster children and underserved youth in the State of Indiana.
PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS
Cargo Services, headquartered in Indianapolis, is an independently owned and operated freight forwarder offering clients import and export services by land, sea and air combined with customs brokerage, warehousing and distribution services. The tenured and trusted team has over 700 years of combined experience and maintains relationships with hundreds of professionals in more than 80 countries. The staff creates long-term customer relationships of trust through the company's "3-C culture": customer focused, creative solutions and community driven. Cargo Services has sponsored the Books for Youth in partnership with the Indianapolis Colts and foster-child serving agencies for 16 years.